| This is a bit rich....... 07:47 - Feb 16 with 1501 views | Herbivore |
........ coming from a government that has literally banned schools from teaching materials that could be deemed anti-capitalist and that has also banned materials from groups that promote “victim narratives that are harmful to British society”.
Essentially they don't want young people being taught about the BLM or XR movements but they do want the fringe right to be platformed at universities. The culture war rumbles on apace, perpetuated by the most incompetent and corrupt government we've ever had.
Damn this Tory government, damn anyone who voted for them, and damn anyone stupid or amoral enough to still support them.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-55995979
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| This is a bit rich....... on 08:08 - Feb 16 with 1211 views | Herbivore |
They're a bunch of feckless tw@ts. This whole culture war nonsense is incredibly trying and potentially quite dangerous. That Guardian piece is interesting but I think she underestimates the impact the Tories are having. Look at the way the word woke is bandied about on here and on social media as an insult without people seemingly understanding what it actually means.
The alt right are ramping up the fake outrage at perceived cancel culture on a more or less daily basis, even though it's highly questionable that cancel culture even exists, outside of the right boycotting companies they perceive as being woke.
It's outrageous really, pitting one chunk of the population against the other. And outside the Guardian, I don't see many in the media or in public life really calling it out for what it is. | |
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| This is a bit rich....... on 09:02 - Feb 16 with 1083 views | lowhouseblue |
| This is a bit rich....... on 08:08 - Feb 16 by Herbivore |
They're a bunch of feckless tw@ts. This whole culture war nonsense is incredibly trying and potentially quite dangerous. That Guardian piece is interesting but I think she underestimates the impact the Tories are having. Look at the way the word woke is bandied about on here and on social media as an insult without people seemingly understanding what it actually means.
The alt right are ramping up the fake outrage at perceived cancel culture on a more or less daily basis, even though it's highly questionable that cancel culture even exists, outside of the right boycotting companies they perceive as being woke.
It's outrageous really, pitting one chunk of the population against the other. And outside the Guardian, I don't see many in the media or in public life really calling it out for what it is. |
https://www.spiked-online.com/2021/02/11/the-trouble-with-woke/ |  |
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| This is a bit rich....... on 09:06 - Feb 16 with 1100 views | Herbivore |
You're now sharing articles from Spiked in lieu of making a point? You really have lost any semblance of even pretending to maintain standards. | |
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| This is a bit rich....... on 09:13 - Feb 16 with 1067 views | WD19 |
| This is a bit rich....... on 09:06 - Feb 16 by Herbivore |
You're now sharing articles from Spiked in lieu of making a point? You really have lost any semblance of even pretending to maintain standards. |
I thought it was quite an interesting little article, albeit trying a bit too hard. |  | | |
| This is a bit rich....... on 09:14 - Feb 16 with 1059 views | footers |
| This is a bit rich....... on 09:06 - Feb 16 by Herbivore |
You're now sharing articles from Spiked in lieu of making a point? You really have lost any semblance of even pretending to maintain standards. |
All in the name of High Minded Centrism, linking to Spiked.
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| This is a bit rich....... on 09:15 - Feb 16 with 1051 views | Herbivore |
| This is a bit rich....... on 09:13 - Feb 16 by WD19 |
I thought it was quite an interesting little article, albeit trying a bit too hard. |
I thought it was a load of b0llocks to be honest. | |
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| This is a bit rich....... on 09:42 - Feb 16 with 991 views | lowhouseblue |
| This is a bit rich....... on 09:06 - Feb 16 by Herbivore |
You're now sharing articles from Spiked in lieu of making a point? You really have lost any semblance of even pretending to maintain standards. |
oh dear, do different ideas upset you? come on be brave, your gang on here will be along to tell you you're right. | |
| And so as the loose-bowelled pigeon of time swoops low over the unsuspecting tourist of destiny, and the flatulent skunk of fate wanders into the air-conditioning system of eternity, I notice it's the end of the show |
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| This is a bit rich....... on 09:47 - Feb 16 with 1003 views | Herbivore |
| This is a bit rich....... on 09:42 - Feb 16 by lowhouseblue |
oh dear, do different ideas upset you? come on be brave, your gang on here will be along to tell you you're right. |
I'm not at all upset. Mildly amused would better describe my disposition. | |
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| This is a bit rich....... on 09:47 - Feb 16 with 1005 views | bournemouthblue |
It harps back to the wrong type of freedom of speech, when it comes to the right wing
The same people who want to boo footballer's taking the knee feel that the 'woke' left has a cancel culture going on, oh the irony! |  |
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| This is a bit rich....... on 10:18 - Feb 16 with 967 views | Timefliesbyintheblue |
You were bright and early this morning Herbivore and may I suggest not your natural self.
What about the damning of Brexiteers and those who frequent Wetherspoons? |  | | |
| This is a bit rich....... on 10:46 - Feb 16 with 914 views | Herbivore |
| This is a bit rich....... on 10:18 - Feb 16 by Timefliesbyintheblue |
You were bright and early this morning Herbivore and may I suggest not your natural self.
What about the damning of Brexiteers and those who frequent Wetherspoons? |
What is the point of you? And do you have anything to say about the actual topic rather than just being a bellend? | |
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| This is a bit rich....... on 10:55 - Feb 16 with 886 views | monytowbray |
| This is a bit rich....... on 09:42 - Feb 16 by lowhouseblue |
oh dear, do different ideas upset you? come on be brave, your gang on here will be along to tell you you're right. |
You should sign up to Parler. |  |
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| This is a bit rich....... on 11:19 - Feb 16 with 843 views | BlueBadger |
| This is a bit rich....... on 09:42 - Feb 16 by lowhouseblue |
oh dear, do different ideas upset you? come on be brave, your gang on here will be along to tell you you're right. |
'Different ideas'
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Oh Lowie, you're one step away from turning into Rod Liddle, right now. |  |
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| This is a bit rich....... on 11:29 - Feb 16 with 820 views | Herbivore |
| This is a bit rich....... on 11:19 - Feb 16 by BlueBadger |
'Different ideas'
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Oh Lowie, you're one step away from turning into Rod Liddle, right now. |
Funnily enough he was leaping to Rod's defence the other day when I described him as scum. Poor Lowie, he's become so poisoned by his hatred of some bogeyman version of 'the left' that he can't see the wood for the trees anymore and he's now getting his opinions from Spiked. Poor, poor Lowie. | |
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| This is a bit rich....... on 11:35 - Feb 16 with 809 views | BlueBadger |
| This is a bit rich....... on 11:29 - Feb 16 by Herbivore |
Funnily enough he was leaping to Rod's defence the other day when I described him as scum. Poor Lowie, he's become so poisoned by his hatred of some bogeyman version of 'the left' that he can't see the wood for the trees anymore and he's now getting his opinions from Spiked. Poor, poor Lowie. |
In its own way, this is nearly as tragic as Hamstead's descent into radicalisation. | |
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| This is a bit rich....... on 11:39 - Feb 16 with 805 views | BlueBadger |
| This is a bit rich....... on 10:18 - Feb 16 by Timefliesbyintheblue |
You were bright and early this morning Herbivore and may I suggest not your natural self.
What about the damning of Brexiteers and those who frequent Wetherspoons? |
Ah, you're on 'yes but Labour' duty today are you? | |
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| This is a bit rich....... on 11:42 - Feb 16 with 791 views | jeera |
| This is a bit rich....... on 09:42 - Feb 16 by lowhouseblue |
oh dear, do different ideas upset you? come on be brave, your gang on here will be along to tell you you're right. |
I am not an expert on Spiked but I have seen a few of their articles and they are usually aimed at a particular audience without doubt.
But what I found really sour, was Brendan O'Neill calling an autistic teenager a "Millennial weirdo with a monotone voice."
Not exactly classy.
Of course before that he called the Jimmy Saville investigation a "media witch hunt" in which the "Victims would be better off keeping quiet."
So I suppose I avoid giving his site so much of a click.
I also had to smile when a pal of mine called the Guardian a 'Far Left' publication [!] whilst citing Spiked as a worthy news source.
He clearly has no idea of Spiked's origins in the slightest, what with it starting its day as a Commie paper literally run by a self-proclaimed Marxist; i.e. O'Neill. [Post edited 16 Feb 2021 11:45]
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| This is a bit rich....... on 11:45 - Feb 16 with 778 views | Swansea_Blue |
| This is a bit rich....... on 09:47 - Feb 16 by bournemouthblue |
It harps back to the wrong type of freedom of speech, when it comes to the right wing
The same people who want to boo footballer's taking the knee feel that the 'woke' left has a cancel culture going on, oh the irony! |
For libertarians they're very good at taking away people's liberties. Be it freedom to travel and work across neighbouring countries, freedom to transport goods seamlessly between NI and the rest of the UK, freedom for heritage bodies to choose what exhibits to show, and now dictating to universities who they can or can't chose to host.
It's all very controlling and has a slight whiff of fascism about it. |  |
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| This is a bit rich....... on 11:48 - Feb 16 with 769 views | footers |
| This is a bit rich....... on 11:42 - Feb 16 by jeera |
I am not an expert on Spiked but I have seen a few of their articles and they are usually aimed at a particular audience without doubt.
But what I found really sour, was Brendan O'Neill calling an autistic teenager a "Millennial weirdo with a monotone voice."
Not exactly classy.
Of course before that he called the Jimmy Saville investigation a "media witch hunt" in which the "Victims would be better off keeping quiet."
So I suppose I avoid giving his site so much of a click.
I also had to smile when a pal of mine called the Guardian a 'Far Left' publication [!] whilst citing Spiked as a worthy news source.
He clearly has no idea of Spiked's origins in the slightest, what with it starting its day as a Commie paper literally run by a self-proclaimed Marxist; i.e. O'Neill. [Post edited 16 Feb 2021 11:45]
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He's just another in a long list of vacuous attention-seekers who say 'shocking' things for clicks. I doubt he believes half of what writes or that he ever actually understood Marxism. They just see a space for far-right content and want to make a name for themselves while dragging down the level of discourse in this country, something lowhouse is usually very keen on flapping about, so no idea why he's linking to such baseless nonsense as an argument. | |
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| This is a bit rich....... on 11:53 - Feb 16 with 761 views | Herbivore |
| This is a bit rich....... on 11:42 - Feb 16 by jeera |
I am not an expert on Spiked but I have seen a few of their articles and they are usually aimed at a particular audience without doubt.
But what I found really sour, was Brendan O'Neill calling an autistic teenager a "Millennial weirdo with a monotone voice."
Not exactly classy.
Of course before that he called the Jimmy Saville investigation a "media witch hunt" in which the "Victims would be better off keeping quiet."
So I suppose I avoid giving his site so much of a click.
I also had to smile when a pal of mine called the Guardian a 'Far Left' publication [!] whilst citing Spiked as a worthy news source.
He clearly has no idea of Spiked's origins in the slightest, what with it starting its day as a Commie paper literally run by a self-proclaimed Marxist; i.e. O'Neill. [Post edited 16 Feb 2021 11:45]
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O'Neill and his buddies are just professional contrarians. There is no real ideology there. They latched on to communism when Labour drifted to the right as a way of positioning themselves as against mainstream political discourse, at some point - possibly when Labour drifted left but the country drifted right - they decided the best way to piss as many people off as possible was to go ultra right Libertarian and just try to be as controversial and obnoxious as possible. It's all rather odious but also completely transparent.
Sadly the likes of O'Neill and Spiked poison political discourse rather than adding anything of value to it. Different views are valuable of course, but not when they are put forward without any kind of underpinning argument or value base and only with the intention of being contrary and trying to rile people up. Basically they are a bunch of jeb-ends and really shouldn't be treated as a serious source of news or commentary. [Post edited 16 Feb 2021 12:09]
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| This is a bit rich....... on 11:54 - Feb 16 with 747 views | lowhouseblue |
| This is a bit rich....... on 11:29 - Feb 16 by Herbivore |
Funnily enough he was leaping to Rod's defence the other day when I described him as scum. Poor Lowie, he's become so poisoned by his hatred of some bogeyman version of 'the left' that he can't see the wood for the trees anymore and he's now getting his opinions from Spiked. Poor, poor Lowie. |
oh no, the nasty man posted something you disagreed with. you replied by saying 'it's b0llocks' so you've now exhausted your full store of rhetorical wit and wisdom.
to be fair it's mainly just the brain dead and bigoted version on 'the left' as seen on here. | |
| And so as the loose-bowelled pigeon of time swoops low over the unsuspecting tourist of destiny, and the flatulent skunk of fate wanders into the air-conditioning system of eternity, I notice it's the end of the show |
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| This is a bit rich....... on 11:55 - Feb 16 with 753 views | jeera |
| This is a bit rich....... on 11:48 - Feb 16 by footers |
He's just another in a long list of vacuous attention-seekers who say 'shocking' things for clicks. I doubt he believes half of what writes or that he ever actually understood Marxism. They just see a space for far-right content and want to make a name for themselves while dragging down the level of discourse in this country, something lowhouse is usually very keen on flapping about, so no idea why he's linking to such baseless nonsense as an argument. |
My mate was ranting about this piece he'd seen [Spiked] so I read it.
It was just a simplified copy of a Guardian article published 8 days previously.
Only difference was it had been edited into fewer words and printed in larger text with broad spaces between each line.
Almost large enough spacing to run a finger along in fact. | |
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| This is a bit rich....... on 12:02 - Feb 16 with 730 views | Herbivore |
| This is a bit rich....... on 11:54 - Feb 16 by lowhouseblue |
oh no, the nasty man posted something you disagreed with. you replied by saying 'it's b0llocks' so you've now exhausted your full store of rhetorical wit and wisdom.
to be fair it's mainly just the brain dead and bigoted version on 'the left' as seen on here. |
You seem to be under the misapprehension that I am either upset or challenged by you. I'm really not. My main feeling towards you is one of pity. | |
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| This is a bit rich....... on 12:44 - Feb 16 with 683 views | Darth_Koont |
The culture war is a way to maintain the Brexit division and messaging that has served the right so well electorally. It’s the same ”othering”, jingoistic flag-waving and Make Britain Great Again soundbites but turned fully inward this time. It’ll also be used to deflect from the real effect of Brexit and the government’s own performance.
Starmer in particular needs to stop leaning into and legitimising it. And instead protect those minorities and/or the most vulnerable in society that will be on the receiving end. |  |
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